The Walter H. McClenon Fund

Annual Meeting of Members and

Annual Meeting of Trustees

Wednesday 28 March 2012

Minutes of Meetings

 

Annual Meeting of Members

 

The annual meeting of the Members of the Walter H. McClenon Fund, Inc. was held at 7:35 p.m. on Wednesday 28 March 2012 at the apartment of Paul R. McClenon.  The President called the meeting to order at 7:35 p.m.  The following Members were present in person or on the phone:

 

    • Bob McClenon – President
    • Paul McClenon – Treasurer
    • Carol McClenon – Secretary
    • Chuck McClenon (phone)
    • Tom Baisden (phone)
    • Dave McClenon (phone)

 

The minutes of the previous Annual Meeting of the Members were accepted unanimously.

 

The Treasurer presented the Annual Report of the Treasurer, consisting of three reports (for the General Endowment, for the Special Endowment, and the Summary of Contributions). 

 

The Secretary presented the Report on the Election of the Trustees and noted that the following Trustees were re-elected:

 

            Tom Baisden

            Katherine Clark

            Jean-Michel Giraud

            Carol Livaditis

            Carol McClenon

            Charles McClenon

            Clara McClenon

            David McClenon

            Paul McClenon

            Robert McClenon

            Patience Musingarimi

 

The Secretary also presented the results of the Ballot for Charter Amendment (to delete section 7D3 of the charter, which states that the Vice-present shall preside over the Board).  She noted that the vote was unanimously affirmative, meaning that section 7D3 is deleted.

 

The meeting of the Members was adjourned at 7:44 p.m.

 

 

Annual Meeting of Trustees

 

The annual meeting of the Trustees of the Walter H. McClenon Fund, Inc., was held at 7:44 p.m. on Wednesday 28 March 2012 at the apartment of Paul R. McClenon (5420 Connecticut Ave., NW, Apt. 322, Washington, DC 20015).

 

The President called the meeting to order at 7:44 p.m.  The following trustees were present in person and on the phone:

    • Bob McClenon – President
    • Paul McClenon – Treasurer
    • Carol McClenon – Secretary
    • Chuck McClenon (phone)
    • Tom Baisden – Vice-President  (phone)
    • Dave McClenon (phone)

 

  1. Approval of minutes of previous quarterly meeting of  14 December 2011:

The minutes were unanimously approved.

 

2.   Report of the Audit Committee dated 25 February  2012:

 

The Trustees voted unanimously to accept the report of the Audit Committee.

 

Report of the Treasurer (dated February 29, 2012).  The report was unanimously accepted.           

     

3.   Report of President:

The President summarized the 40-page report.

    • General [Endowment] Summary (2 pages)
    • Special [Endowment] Summary (2 pages)
    • Unevaluated Summary (4 pages)
    • Long List [of Organizations] (33 pages)

 

4    Reports of Ad Hoc Committees on Organizations: 

      Bob McClenon presented a report on the Salvation Army.

 

5    Any Other Reports – none

 

6.   Election of Officers

 

Bob McClenon agreed to accept re-election to the Office of President.  He was elected by acclamation.

Chuck McClenon was elected Treasurer by acclamation.

Carol McClenon was re-elected Secretary by acclamation.

Tom Baisden was re-elected Vice President by acclamation.

Paul McClenon was appointed Treasurer Emeritus, in recognition of his distinguished service as the Fund’s Treasurer over many years.  Treasurer Emeritus is a position

which includes no responsibilities, and his salary is concomitant with his responsibilities.

Carol McClenon was appointed Assistant Treasurer.

Tom Baisden was appointed by Assistant Secretary.

 

7.   Action on amendments by bylaws

 

Ten days notice having been duly provided, the Trustees unanimously voted to amend the by-laws regarding physical quorum.  The by-laws have been amended to require 2 Trustees rather than 3 to be physically present for a meeting. 

 

8.   Action on File of Grant Requests:

 

The Trustees voted unanimously to accept the following recommendations presented by the President:

 

Pro-Literacy Worldwide                     Set to Currently Nominated (Special)

            MedShare International                      Set to Currently Nominated (Special)

            Boaz and Ruth                                                Set to Currently Nominated (Special)

            The Carter Center                               Set to Currently Nominated (Special

 

Community Center for the Homeless at Friendship Place         (General)

Foundation for International Community Assistance (FINCA)    (General)

 

(These actions restored the nominated status of organizations that had lost that status when contributions were approved.) 

 

The Trustees voted unanimously to accept the following recommendations presented by the President:

 

American Indian College Fund          Set to Currently Nominated (Both Endowments)

Americans for Prosperity                    Set to Ineligible from both Endowments

Salvation Army                                   Set to Not Selected from both Endowments due to

                                                                eligibility concerns

 

 

Action Item for the President:  To e-mail out the reports on the American Indian College Fund and the Center for Reproductive Rights

 

·         General Endowment (501-c-4): 

 

The trustees voted to make two contribution from the General Endowment, as follows:

 

$100  Institute for Justice

$150  The Sentencing Project

 

·         Special Endowment (501-c-3):

 

The trustees voted to make three new contributions from the Special Endowment.   The following contributions were unanimously authorized:

 

$300    DeNeuville Learning Center

$400    Good Shepherd Center of Baltimore

$300    Habitat for Humanity of Washington

 

9.   Other New Business:

 

The President agreed to work on the website for the Fund.

 

     10.  Next Meeting:  The Annual Meeting will be held on June 20, 2012, at Paul

            McClenon’s apartment.

 

The meeting was adjourned at 8:29 p.m.

 

Respectfully Submitted,

 

 

 

Carol A. McClenon

Secretary